linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid_mm: Fix end of loop tests for list_for_each

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:25:35 +0530
From:   Sumit Saxena <sumit.saxena@...adcom.com>
To:     Harshvardhan Jha <harshvardhan.jha@...cle.com>
Cc:     Kashyap Desai <kashyap.desai@...adcom.com>,
        Shivasharan Srikanteshwara 
        <shivasharan.srikanteshwara@...adcom.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "PDL,MEGARAIDLINUX" <megaraidlinux.pdl@...adcom.com>,
        Linux SCSI List <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid_mm: Fix end of loop tests for list_for_each_entry

On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 1:16 PM Harshvardhan Jha
<harshvardhan.jha@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> The list_for_each_entry() iterator, "adapter" in this code, can never be
> NULL.  If we exit the loop without finding the correct  adapter then
> "adapter" points invalid memory that is an offset from the list head.
> This will eventually lead to memory corruption and presumably a kernel
> crash.
>
> Signed-off-by: Harshvardhan Jha <harshvardhan.jha@...cle.com>
Looks good.
Acked-by: Sumit Saxena <sumit.saxena@...adcom.com>

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